Securing device.



No. 885,008. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

P. L. BEARD. Y

SECURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION I ILBD OCT. 26, 1907.

W1 TNESSES [NVENTOR a citizen of the Umted States,

Mingo, of West Virginia, have invented certain new FORREST LI BEARD, OF MINGO WEST VIRGINIA.

SECURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters latent. I

Patented ApriI 21, 1908.

Application filed October 26, 1907. Serial No.399,31'5

T0 alZ whom it may. concern: Q

Be 1t known that L-Fonnnsr L. BEARD, f residing at and useful Improvements in Securing Devices; and I ,dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, the invention, such as ,will enable others skilled in the art to-which itlappertainsc to make and usethe same. 1 My invention relatesto new and useful improvements in securing devices and more. particularly to that class'adapted to be employedfor securing garments on a line and my object is to provide'a device ofthis class .made a part of adapted to clamp of spring wire, the fingers ofwhich are the garment over they line and'between the body'of the device" and fingers. v v v A'further ob'ect'is to provide means for securing a smaller garment to the securing device coincident to securing a. larger garfment to the line.

Other objects and advantages Will behereinafter referred" to and pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings which are this application, Figure l is a side elevation of the securing device. Fig.

'2 is-an edge elevationthereof and '3 is a perspective view showing the device applied Referring the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indi- ,mg device, which is substantia withextensions 2, which are formed cates the'body portion of my im roved securandclosed atlits lower end, each arm of the body being provided adjacent its upper end y bendportions of the body-and said ing outwardly preferably U-shaped.-

extensions are 1 are curved downwardly togform spring fingers 3, the extreme lower ends of said fingers being bent inwardly to engage one of the spring fingers extending belowthe extensions 2 iscurved out" at 5. a p 'The securing device, is formed from a" as shown in the county of Randolph andState and exact description of v the l ne 4 and extensions 2, the lower lapped portions of t v be seen The extreme upper, ends of the bddy, portion =may be very cheapl% .seen that instead of en a with onegarment, oneofi t V engaged with the end of one garment and the opposite finger with the' next succeeding arsingle section of Wire and is first bent at its central portion until the ends of the wires are brought substantially together, the integral portions of the body being at the lower end' of the securing device.

out portions of the body 1, after which t e fingers 3 are formed by bending down the extreme upper ends of the sections of wire forming the body,

the fingers at their juncture with-the body being-curved to form a-Vpocket 6, in whic over the line, are received and by forming the ends of the fingers? Will have a firm bearin I That portion of the body below the extensiofis 2 is substantially V-shaped, so that by placing one corner of a garment between the separated portions of the body and drawing it downwardly, or to the lower end of the body, the garment will be wedged therein and securely smaller garments in position to dry simultaneously with a larger garment on theline ,and applying the securing device to use, more particularly one. edge of the garment is placed over the line 4 when the securing device is placed into engagement therewith, the body 1 passing to one side of the line and garment, while the fingers 3 pass to the other sidethereof, the line 4rest1ng in the ocket 6, while the over- I 1 1 c garment are impinged between the extensions 2 and the fingers 3 and, if desired, a smaller garment such asv a handkerchief, may be engaged with the V-shaped portion of the body 1 by introducing one corner of the smaller garment into engagement with the body, as previously described. Y I v v This securing device is adapted to be used more articularly for securing garments to' a line aiter they have been washed and it will thatzby forming the securin of a'single section of wire, and bend same in the form shown,

ing he said securing deviceand quickly constructed and it will further e seen that the securing device may be readily applied to use for holdc mg one or more garments. It will further be, in'igmboth fingers e. gers may be ment, there y dispensing with the emp oy-f ment of an'addition'al securing device, and, as the-fingers are spaced some. distance apart,

, v *The extensions 2- '8.I6 then formed by bendin parts of the garment extending held, thereby enabling me to secure better position to dry What I claim is:

1. A securing device of the class described, comprising a substantially V-shaped body portion, U-shaped extensions adjacent the upper end of said body portion and fingers formed by bending the extreme upper ends of the body portion downwardly and inwardly to engage the lower arms of the U- shaped extensions, whereby a pocket is formed between said fingers and the upper part of the body portion.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a securing device formed by bending a single section of wire to form a V-shaped body, portions of said wire being bent outwardly to form extensions and spring fingers formed by bending downwardly the free ends of the wire, directing the same into engagement with the lower arms of said extensions and outwardly curving the extremities thereof.

O. N. Wool), .WM. T. CAMERON. 

